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5th August 2025
5th August 2025
We hang out for a few days in the south of Norway around Egersund. Our last anchorage is in a beautiful bay next to a lighthouse […]
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19th July 2025
19th July 2025
From Alden we set sail to Bergen, a full day sail and one to remember! We had a beautiful beam reach wind. light seas and blue […]
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6th July 2025
23rd June 2025
23rd June 2025
Sunday is our weekly big cleaning day, so far all our longer crossings seem to align perfectly. Arriving on either Saturday night or early Sunday morning. […]
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16th June 2025
16th June 2025
As I was looking at the weather and deciding which way we should go from Lerwick to the Faroe Islands one of the crew members came […]
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9th June 2025
9th June 2025
After two weeks of a beautiful high sitting right above us, it was due time for a low to come through. I had been watching it […]
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3rd June 2025
3rd June 2025
After our beautiful hike to the top of Ben Nevis it was time to leave the Caledonian Canal and put Guppy in salt water again. From […]
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26th May 2025
26th May 2025
We sailed through the Scottish Highlands and the Caledonian Canal gave us so many wonderful experiences along the way. The kids are rocking the mini-cats and […]
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26th May 2025
26th May 2025
We have been steadily cruising through the Caledonian Canal, getting higher up into the highlands. Swimming in Loch Ness, of course keeping a sharp eye out […]
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11th May 2025
11th May 2025
Our alarm goes off at 5.45am. It’s high tide at 6.30am and I want to have full advantage of the outgoing current. As I prepare the […]
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6th May 2025
6th May 2025
After a long, dark winter of extreme boat refit, we are finally underway again! The new young Guppy crew arrived on the 1st of May. The […]
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24th February 2025
24th February 2025
I can’t wait to do this amazing trip again, absolutely loved this route last year, taking us right trough Scotland on the Caledonian Canal, sailing past […]
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1st January 2025
1st January 2025
2024, what a wonderful, hectic, and productive year you have been!We’ve started the year with our saloon gutted and are ending it with the bow section […]
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29th November 2024
29th November 2024
We can’t believe we have been running these programs for 4 years already! I was browsing through some footage and thought it would be nice to […]
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15th August 2024
15th August 2024
We had a lovely sail to Vlieland from Helgoland with good winds from behind and more aurora borealis and lots of shooting stars due to the […]
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15th August 2024
15th August 2024
We had a lovely sail to Helgoland from Texel. Not one of the fastest trips but we enjoyed calm seas and great weather. The kids did […]
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10th August 2024
10th August 2024
After a little ”break” in which we mostly did a lot of cleaning and some fixing, we are out on the water again. Starting our journey […]
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30th July 2024
30th July 2024
We had a fast and lovely crossing from Norway to Vlieland, the first day was upwind but the waves didn’t build to much and Guppy plowed […]
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20th July 2024
20th July 2024
We slowly made our way further south, we had a film crew onboard for two days in Stavanger and spend two lovely days in skagervagen ( […]
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15th July 2024
15th July 2024
After our lovely and relaxing day on Alden, we made a long run of 60nm to Bergen. The sky was once again overcast and grey but […]
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8th July 2024
8th July 2024
We made our way out of the fjords and back to the coast, mostly under engine as the wind is either right from behind or on […]
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1st July 2024
1st July 2024
From our snug anchorage in Honningdalsvagen we continued our journey to Geiranger through the fjords, slowly the mountains rose bigger and steeper, Guppy being completely dwarfed […]
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28th June 2024
28th June 2024
From Eidi we continue sailing to Fuglafjordur, another day sail which turned out a lot smoother than the last one. The steep and rugged cliffs pass […]
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21st June 2024
21st June 2024
We enjoyed two lovely days in Torshavn, on our hike we had seen a swimming pool, including a slide and even better a sauna. It was […]
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15th June 2024
15th June 2024
After Grutness Voe we continued to Lerwick, stopping overnight in another bay along the coast. It was windy, rainy and cold so we didn’t go ashore, […]
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5th June 2024
5th June 2024
Sailing from Stornoway to Orkney and the Fair Isle. We arrived in Stornoway the may 29th and us teens spent the day exploring the town. Later […]
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30th May 2024
30th May 2024
Sorry for the long blog, I should write more often, but we are all so busy! So much has already happened again! Time is flying by. […]
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23rd May 2024
23rd May 2024
Written by Ingrid (15yo) On Monday, May 20th, we began our big adventure to the top of Ben Nevis. Ben Nevis is the highest peak in all […]
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18th May 2024
18th May 2024
We have been peacefully continuing our way on the Caledonian Canal, in fact, we have past the highest point and started our descent today. With 17 […]
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16th May 2024
16th May 2024
Just wauw we are on our second day through the Caledonian Canal and absolute loving it. We have done 4 locks so far and the teens […]
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12th May 2024
12th May 2024
We had a lovely crossing from the Netherlands to Inverness, a journey of 450nm which took us a little less than 4 days. The first day […]
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10th May 2024
10th May 2024
Last night, while on route to Inverness, the sky put on a fantastic show for us! We gently glided along a smooth sea as The northern […]
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8th May 2024
8th May 2024
We are officially underway again! So far we have had light winds and calm seas, perfect conditions to get everyone used to the manoeuvres, sails and […]
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3rd May 2024
3rd May 2024
After 6 months of day and night work with lots of maintenance and upgrades done to Guppy, we just can’t wait to get out on the […]
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16th August 2023
16th August 2023
We finished the last day of our summer sailing camp with some dancing, 💃 mid IJsselmeer swim 🏊♀️ and of course handing over the well earned […]
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15th August 2023
15th August 2023
Time flies when you’re having fun 🤩 we are already going into our last night of the summer sailing camp 2023. After a beautiful trip back […]
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14th August 2023
14th August 2023
Vlieland to Helgoland. 120nm overnight sail. We had a really lovely sail. Lots of shooting stars and a friendly sea ( which is unusual for the […]
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12th August 2023
12th August 2023
Another early start as we want to catch the right tide, going over the north sea to Vlieland today. There is not much wind and it’s […]
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12th August 2023
12th August 2023
We sailed from Den Oever to Texel, the tide is running out early today so we get up at 6am and leave the dock at 7am. […]
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8th August 2023
8th August 2023
Awesome first day of our summer sailing camp 2023 🙂
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14th July 2023
14th July 2023
Come visit us at the westfriese waterweken – Medemblik. 14, 15 & 16th of July. @ Oosterhaven medemblik. Lots of fun activities for the kids, and […]
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17th June 2023
17th June 2023
6 months have flown by so fast, it’s hard to believe that the Atlantic Roundtrip 2022/2023 has already come to and end! We had a lovely […]
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8th June 2023
8th June 2023
Woohoo Dutch coast in sight – and that means we are close, as the Dutch coast is so low you basically have to be on top […]
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6th June 2023
6th June 2023
On and on we go without much change of the weather, since we are in the channel getting to the right places at the right time […]
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4th June 2023
4th June 2023
We’ve crossed the bay of biscay and have now entered the English Channel. We were unlucky and had current against us as we rounded ( or […]
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2nd June 2023
2nd June 2023
We are on our way again, crossing the bay of biscay. A piece of water that is notorious for crappy weather. It’s certainly not bad weather […]
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28th May 2023
28th May 2023
Some pics of our last trip – Azores – Baiona. We had everything from no wind to 35kn on the nose. A good voyage for the […]
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26th May 2023
26th May 2023
On thursday the wind dropped considerably, luckily so did the waves and we actually had a lovely day sailing (still the wrong way but we’re not […]
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24th May 2023
24th May 2023
I would like to say sailing upwind is fun, but it isn’t really – well I don’t think so. There are these descriptions of sailing which […]
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22nd May 2023
22nd May 2023
We had a lovely Sunday, which started with a beautiful golden sunrise. The sun rose like a big ball of fire above the horizon. The few […]
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20th May 2023
20th May 2023
The beautiful thing about sailing is that you can use the wind to go anywhere in the world, that of course is also the downside. You […]
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18th May 2023
18th May 2023
We had a great time exploring the Azores. Hiking around the caldera, eating at a vegan restaurant that only uses homegrown food and of course going […]
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11th May 2023
11th May 2023
Well, the rain is gone, but so is the wind. Of course it’s well known that there is often a high around the Azores, but not […]
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9th May 2023
9th May 2023
Luckily we didn’t flap and roll around for too long, the waves started to smooth out pretty soon, but with the waves, the wind left as […]
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7th May 2023
7th May 2023
Yesterday we sailed along very nicely, the wind got less and the waves smaller, by now the waves have been getting a lot smaller but not […]
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5th May 2023
5th May 2023
On Thursday the wind and waves started to pick up, as we expected they would. For the next day a low pressure system would move over […]
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3rd May 2023
3rd May 2023
So far the weather has been amazing, great winds and mostly blue skies. Yesterday there was a lot of low cloud all the way around us, […]
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1st May 2023
1st May 2023
After a couple of beautiful and fun days in Bermuda it’s time for our crossing to the Azores. We had waited for a little front to […]
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25th April 2023
25th April 2023
Our last day to Bermuda the wind dropped to 0, we enjoyed a mirror like sea that was only broken by a slight swell. A bird […]
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24th April 2023
24th April 2023
Most of the Saturday was very cloudy and rainy, but towards the night it started to clear up a bit and we only had light and […]
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22nd April 2023
22nd April 2023
We enjoyed another one and a half days of beautiful sailing, playing games and reading outside, bright stars at night and quiet sunny days. We even […]
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20th April 2023
20th April 2023
So far we have been sailing along beautifully – the wind has been perfect and the sea calm, a perfect start to our 860nm crossing to […]
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23rd March 2023
23rd March 2023
A spot on trip 4 of the Atlantic Roundtrip 21/22 has become available.Have you always dreamed of sailing into the sunset on your way to exploring […]
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7th March 2023
7th March 2023
A look at the weather forecast is telling us it’s time to leave Martinique and start heading to St.Martin. A very unusual weather pattern is forming […]
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17th February 2023
17th February 2023
Guppy and her young crew have arrived in the blue Caribbean waters after a lovely trip from Suriname. A bit choppy on the first day and […]
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12th February 2023
12th February 2023
We waited for the tide to turn and help us flush down the river and out to sea – a good 30nm from Marina Resort Waterland. […]
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11th February 2023
11th February 2023
After an amazing stay in Suriname, it’s already time to point Guppy’s nose out to sea again. Thank you so much Marina Resort Waterland for your […]
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6th February 2023
6th February 2023
Another successful Atlantic crossing has brought us into the jungles of Suriname, where pink river dolphins greeted us and howler monkeys howl at night. The crossing […]
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3rd February 2023
3rd February 2023
The past two days, we have been sailing in and out of squalls. After our first big rain shower, the rain didn’t stop. It rained for […]
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1st February 2023
1st February 2023
The squalls have finally closed in on us, giving us some good rain, mostly towards the end of the day after dinner. It also causes the […]
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30th January 2023
30th January 2023
It feels like the trade winds have found us again, blowing away some of the heat, although the air is still humid. More importantly, the wind is […]
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28th January 2023
28th January 2023
The wind is still minimal, but we have re-hoisted the sails and are moving forward again under wind power :). Most of yesterday we floated around […]
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27th January 2023
24th January 2023
24th January 2023
The days seem to go by faster and faster now that everyone has gotten into a good sailing rhythm and are able to enjoy life at […]
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22nd January 2023
22nd January 2023
The waves have decided to calm themselves down a bit, which has made life onboard a lot more comfortable, as we are now mostly just gently […]
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20th January 2023
20th January 2023
The start of our Atlantic Crossing has been a little bit rolly, but we have made good progress, and it’s sunny and pleasant. In the past 24 […]
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16th January 2023
16th January 2023
Sao Nicolau is a beautifully diverse and very different island from Sal. It has a mountainous landscape, big valleys, and cliffs. Tarrafal, the place where we anchored, […]
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15th January 2023
15th January 2023
I always love visiting the Cape Verde, the first stop outside of Europe with a distictively different culture and way of life. We arrived on the […]
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7th January 2023
7th January 2023
Yesterday, we were surprised by a large group (at least 30) of crazy jumping dolphins! They came over to Guppy and performed some beautiful tricks and […]
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5th January 2023
5th January 2023
780nm to the Cape Verde. The weather is looking great for a change and we are all very grateful after all the strange weather patterns we […]
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23rd December 2022
23rd December 2022
After our first bumpy and rainy day at sea the weather got considerably better. we have been enjoying clear blue skies, lots of sunshine and colorful […]
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21st December 2022
21st December 2022
The weather this year is interesting, instead of the normal steady northerlies along the Portugese coast it seems to be steady southerlies. Which is where we […]
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16th December 2022
16th December 2022
Trip one of the Atlantic Roundtrip 22/23 has started 🙂 we had a lovely sail from Setubal to Cultara which is a very cute fisherman’s town […]
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8th December 2022
8th December 2022
Havørn under full sail, sailing alongside Guppy. Havørn is a modern replica of a Norwegian Fishcutter and was build entirely from scratch by my dad. 20 […]
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28th November 2022
28th November 2022
After months of hard work, changing a bowsprit, replacing our old teak deck and thousands of other little things it’s time for Guppy and us to […]
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10th October 2022
10th October 2022
Yay! Finished putting tread-master on our lower deck. We are now getting into final preparations before heading south again to pick up a new group of […]
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12th August 2022
12th August 2022
Meet and greet with Guppy and her crew at the #westfriesewaterweken Medemblik.12th – 14th of August Guppy will be moored in the Oosterhaven.
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11th August 2022
11th August 2022
From Terschelling we set sail to Vlieland, a short sail and lovely sail of 2 hours. The harbour is very full but the harbour master still […]
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4th August 2022
4th August 2022
The rain is ticking on deck – I always love the sound of rain on deck and sitting comfortably below. It’s steamy inside and busy with […]
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2nd June 2022
2nd June 2022
New Adventures are awaiting This summer we will do another 10 day Europe Trip for kids between 8 & 12 years old – Packed full of […]
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23rd May 2022
23rd May 2022
After 6 months of sailing and more then 10,000nm Guppy gets a little rest. All of our students made their way back home over the past […]
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10th May 2022
10th May 2022
Wow what a beautiful arrival and ceremony we had and amazing memories made again on this years voyage. Thank you for everyone who made this possible, […]
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8th May 2022
8th May 2022
The last week of our second Atlantic Roundtrip already! We have arrived in the Netherlands and are making our way to Medemblik through Amsterdam over the […]
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8th May 2022
8th May 2022
Just went into my cabin after a long day sailing and found this – being a mommy is the biggest gift I’ve been given and I […]
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2nd May 2022
2nd May 2022
After a good night of sleep we get up around 7 am to leave Cherbourg with the outgoing tide. It’s another cold day, but for a […]
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30th April 2022
30th April 2022
By the morning of the 29th, we have land in sight! The North-Eastern wind is cold on our faces, making our noses run as we look […]
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28th April 2022
28th April 2022
Sander didn’t end up getting any sun for his birthday, but we did have a very yummy cake and pancakes for dinner =DAnd also a little […]
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26th April 2022
26th April 2022
We enjoyed another beautiful day of sailing on Monday – good winds, sun, and low waves – it really doesn’t get much better than that. Dolphins […]
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24th April 2022
24th April 2022
By Friday night the winds already started to decrease and the waves slowly followed suit, making for quite a pleasant night with good speeds. But as […]
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